20世纪 90年代 ,正当苏联解体时 ,《中国少数民族大辞典》编纂工程开始启动 ,至今已是 2 1世纪初 ,真可谓“十年磨一剑”。在国家民委和各省 (区 )市民委领导的鼎力支持下 ,经各民族专家、学者的共同努力 ,由中国著名社会学家、民族学家费孝通先生主编的《中国少数民族大辞典》 In the 1990s, when the Soviet Union was dissolved, the compilation of the “Dictionary of Chinese Ethnic Minorities” began. It is now the beginning of the 21st century. It is indeed a “decade-old sword.” With the full support of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and leaders of provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), and with the joint efforts of various ethnic experts and scholars, the Dictionary of Chinese Minorities, edited by the famous Chinese sociologist and ethnologist Fei Xiaotong, "